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How Business Management Workshops Bring About Workplace Learning
It’s been called off-site training, continuous learning and even workforce enlightenment. For today’s purposes, let’s just call it a business management workshop. The core idea is to find a way to impart new information – or reinforce existing knowledge – with your team members.
The Format
Business management workshops are typically half-day or full-day learning opportunities. Their condensed time frame makes them ideal for many businesses. Taught by experts in their respective fields, these mini-classes can be a great way to introduce new information or take experienced participants to a higher level of understanding.
Some workshops are “open” and held at a neutral site, like a hotel meeting room or a college classroom. The benefit of these workshops is it puts attendees in a setting with people from a variety of companies, which can boost participation. The other plus is that it lets a company send (and pay for) one person.
Business management workshops can also be held exclusively for one company. This is ideal when larger groups all need to learn the same material. Customization, convenience and cost savings make this the preferred method for many larger organizations.
The Topics
Of course, many keys are necessary to selecting the right business management workshop. The most obvious is choosing the right topic based on the needs of the group or individual. Some of the most popular topics offered include leadership, strategic thinking, communications, sales, behavioral styles and effective decision making.
Why Workshops Work
One of the elements that makes workshops so powerful is the format. They aren’t just lectures. The best workshops intersperse break-out sessions, so students use what they just learned. Discussions among participants, combined with individual exercises and group discussion, are some of the hallmarks of adult learning. Great take-away materials help reinforce the lessons long after the class is over.
Another reason why workshops work is because of the leader. Look for a dynamic and engaging instructor who can keep students involved. Professional visual aids can be extremely important to conveying critical information and to holding attention. Most importantly, leaders who are actual expert practitioners will intersperse the training with real-life stories that bring the subject to life. The presenter’s answers to questions will confirm that they actually know the subject and aren’t just reading a slide deck.
Krissi Barr, CEO of Barr Corporate Success
If you are looking for business management workshops in Cincinnati or anywhere across the country, reach out to Barr Corporate Success. Workshops on leadership, strategic thinking, communications, sales, behavioral styles and effective decision making are always highly rated (averaging a 4.8 out of 5). Most importantly, you will leave the Krissi Barr-led workshop brimming with confidence and ready to put into action the important lessons you just learned.